The issue in this National Level Jurisdictional Dispute was in protest of the Employer's determination to award, as the "primary craft," certain work on the Small Parcel and Bundle Sorter (SPBS) to employees in the Mail Handler craft represented by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), rather than clerk craft employees, represented by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). This jurisdictional dispute was filed pursuant to the Dispute Resolution procedures of Regional Instruction RI-399.
Award Summary: Arbitrator Sharnoff ruled that the grievance appeal of the APWU protesting the propriety of the jurisdictional determination of the USPS for the SPBS was denied in all respects.
Document Type: RI-399 Jurisdictional Dispute
APWU National Grievance Number: K87C1K07702242, H7CNAC69
Craft: Clerk
Arbitrator Name: Joseph Sharnoff